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- Sacred Heart & Saint Bernard's Catholic Church, Halifax
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- Sacred Heart & Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, Sowerby Bridge
- Bolton Brow.
On 26th October 1919, the foundation stone was laid for the new Church.
On 8th April 1934, the foundation stone was laid for a new Church on the site of Broadgates, Sowerby Bridge. This opened on 16th October 1934
Priests at the Church have included-
Rev Patrick J. Kealey [1933]
- Saint Aidan's Church Mission, Walsden
- Originally Friths Old Mill.
The building was still in use as workshops [2008]
- Saint Aidan's Mission Church, Bailiff Bridge
- Bradford Road. Opened around 1884. The pulpit was carved by Harry Percy Jackson.
It was used as a carpet warehouse by T. F. Firth & Company.
Bailiff Bridge British School was here.
The building fell into disrepair.
The memorial remembering those who fell in World War I was moved to Saint Matthew's Church in 1980.
The building is currently [September 2008] available for redevelopment
- Saint Aidan's Mission, Wainstalls
- Kell Butts. Formerly Kell School. It is now a private house
- Saint Alban's Catholic Church, Halifax
- Abbey Walk South. Opened in November 1954. It was a daughter church for Saint Mary's Church, Gibbet Street.
Priests at the Church have included-
Father Edward Quinn [1954]
Father Lawrence Lister [19??]
Father David Smith [195?]
Rev C. Roddy [1966]
- Saint Andrew's Chapel of Ease, Brighouse
- Opened 18??.
Closed 19??.
See Chapel of ease
- Saint Andrew's Church, Brighouse
- Formerly Thornhill Briggs School
- Saint Andrew's Church, Stainland
- This superseded Saint Bartholomew's Chapel which was built on the site in 1754.
See Saint Andrew's Church, Stainland: Graveyard, Stainland Cross and Stainland Vicarage
- Saint Andrew's Methodist Chapel, Halifax
- Queens Road.
Opened in 1877 when Hanson Lane Methodist New Connexion Church became full. It was a daughter church to Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade.
Joseph Mackintosh and family were members of the Chapel.
In the first part of the 20th century, they had a thriving and popular operatic society
Closed in October 1952
- Saint Andrew's Methodist Church, Huddersfield Road
- Halifax. Built on the site of Stafford Square Wesleyan Church.
Opened 1965.
The congregations from 4 local Methodist churches – including Saint John's Methodist Church, Prescott Street - moved to here
- Saint Andrew's Mission Church, Holmfield
- Beechwood Road. Built in 1897. John Taylor Ramsden contributed a large amount towards the cost.
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included-
Rev H. J. Green [1897]
Rev William Edward Wynne [1905]
Rev D. G. Hanscombe [1966]
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP203): Baptisms [1897-1954], Banns [1967-1978] and Marriages [1967-1988].
- Saint Andrew's, Stainland: Graveyard
- The graveyard for Saint Andrew's Church, Stainland
- Saint Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram
- Aka Briers Chapel, Chapel-le-Briers, Chapel-le-Grove, Lacey's Chapel, Saint Anne's in the Briers, and Southowram Parish Church.
See Wilson Marshall, Harold V. Richardson, Amos Robinson, Saint Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram: Graveyard, Saint Peter's Mission Church, Brookfoot and Southowram Vicarage
- Saint Anne's in the Grove, Southowram: Graveyard
- The graveyard of Saint Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram.
In the 1920s, the graveyard was full and was supported by voluntary subscriptions.
The graveyard was extended and consecrated by Dr Eden, Bishop of Wakefield, on 9th June 1928. After that date, burials in the 2 sections might be differentiated as old ground and new ground.
The Annexe to the graveyard is next to the National School
- Saint Augustine's Church, Pellon
- Hanson Lane, Halifax. The Church was built by public subscription in 1872-1875. The corner stone was laid on 3rd June 1873 at a ceremony conducted
with Masonic formalities
by Colonel Akroyd, Samuel Waterhouse and Bishop Ryan.
It accommodated 750 people.
A new west window was unveiled on 19th May 1912.
On 8th May 1927, memorial tablets were unveiled at the Church.
The church closed in 197?, when meetings were transferred to the nearby Saint Augustine's School.
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included-
Rev John William Hall [1878, 1881]
Rev James Louis Crosland [1898]
Rev G. F. Handel Rowe [1907]
Rev G. H. Marshall [1923]
Rev O. W. Hosgood [1944]
Rev D. C. Hesketh [1944]
Rev T. R. Wilkinson [195?]
R. C. Ashling [1960]
Rev Michael Frank Cleverley [1963]
Rev J. R. Powell [1966]
Rev David Craven Ellis [1974]
The Church runs St Augustine's Centre, offering a valuable service to the local community
There is a memorial to the murdered missionary, Miss Edith Nettleton in the Church.
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP183): Baptisms [1872-1971], Banns [1876-1963] and Marriages [1876-1988].
See California and Saint Augustine's Vicarage, Pellon
- Saint Augustine's Vicarage, Halifax
- The vicarage of Saint Augustine's Church, Pellon was designed by C. F. L. Horsfall and with work by Richard Coad
- Saint Barnabas's Church & Schools, Halifax
- Recorded in 1905 at Lock Street, Caddy Field
- Saint Barnabas's Church, Shore
- Opened in 1901
- Saint Barnabas's Mission Church, Halifax
- Recorded in 1905 at Lock Street
- Saint Bartholomew's Chapel, Stainland
- Built by public subscription in 1754. It opened for worship in 1755.
This was the first church in Stainland.
In January 1758, a dissenters' meeting house was registered here.
It was multi-denominational, and was shared by Anglicans, Wesleyan Methodists and Congregationalists.
John Wesley preached at the church in 1759.
In 1812, there was a disagreement when the Anglicans tried to insist that only the orders of service from the Book of Common Prayer should be used, whereupon the Congregationalists decided to leave and built their own chapel, Providence Congregational Church.
The Methodists and the Anglicans remained and continued to share the chapel.
In 1838, it joined the Church of England.
It was demolished and replaced by Saint Andrew's Church, Stainland which was built on the same site
- Saint Bartholomew's Church, Dean Head
- West Scammonden. Aka Deanhead Chapel.
There has been a place of worship here since 1615.
There have been 3 churches on the present site.
The present church was built in 1865.
The altar rails were carved by Harry Percy Jackson.
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included-
William Ainsworth [1629]
John Smith [1689]
Rev William Sunderland
John Sutcliffe [1720]
Rev Thomas Falcon
Rev Ralph Younger
Rev Henry Collins
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP107): Baptisms [1746-1986], Banns [1866-1924], Marriages [1748-1986] and Burials [1746-1986].
See Saint Bartholomew's, Dean Head: Miscellaneous MIs and Saint Bartholomew's Church, Dean Head: Graveyard
- Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden
- The Church stands alongside the Ryburn in the township of Barkisland.
See John Jagger, Ripponden Sunday School, Ripponden Vicarage, Saint Bartholomew's, Ripponden: Churchwardens, Saint Bartholomew's, Ripponden: MIs, The flood of 1722 and Saint Bartholomew's, Ripponden: Graveyard
- Saint Bartholomew's, Dean Head: Graveyard
- Scammonden. The graveyard of Saint Bartholomew's Church, Dean Head.
Some of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard are shown in the CD entitled Monumental Inscriptions in the Ripponden Area
- Saint Bartholomew's, Ripponden: Graveyard
- The graveyard of Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden
- Saint Bernadette's Catholic Church, Mixenden
- Clough Lane. Built in 1958.
It closed in 1994. It was sold in 1998 and converted into private dwellings
On 20th July 1913, a new sanctuary was opened and blessed by Cardinal Logue, Primate of All Ireland- Saint Bernard's Catholic Church, Halifax
- Sunnyside / Range Lane, Boothtown.
Father Jerome Quinlan was assigned to oversee the building of the new Church of the Sacred Heart & Saint Bernard. It was designed by Edward Simpson 1895-1897.
The building was damaged by fire in 1909.
A fire in 1913, destroyed some altar scenes which were believed to have been painted by Albert Horsfall.
Priests at the Church have included-
Father Jerome Quinlan [1905]
Rev Michael Bradley [1905]
Rev John Broderick [1905]
Father Coleman [193?]
Father Backhouse [193?]
Rev Austin Henry [1935]
Rev Henry McKenna [1935]
Rev Leo Flyn [1935]
Rev F. Moverley [1966]
- Saint Chad's Chapel of Ease, Hove Edge
- Opened 18??.
Closed 19??.
See Chapel of ease
- Saint Chad's Church, Hove Edge
- Halifax Road. Rev O. S. Laurie bought the land for £100. The design was started by W. Hodgson Fowler of Newcastle, and completed by W. H. Wood after Fowler's death. The foundation stone was laid on 15th July 1911 by Miss Byrne. The Church opened on 29th June 1912 to supersede Saint Chad's Mission Church and School, Hove Edge. This was a daughter church to Brighouse Parish Church.
Details of the organ in the Chapel can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
In 1968, the organ by Wood of Huddersfield was moved to Saint Martin's Church
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included-
Rev Edward Barrington Carleton [1914]
W. E. H. G. Goodman [1928]
Rev F. W. Coop
- Saint Columba's Roman Catholic Church, Pellon
- Highroad Well Lane
- Saint Columcille's Roman Catholic Church, Pellon
- On 8th October 1933, the foundation stone was laid. On 4th August 1934, it opened for workship.
Priests at the Church have included-
Rev N. Kennedy [1966]
- Saint Edward's Mission Church, Boothtown
- Ploughcroft / Boothtown Road. Opened in 18??
- Saint George's Chapel of Rest
- Now known as Mytholmroyd Farmhouse
- Saint George's Church, Lee Mount
- Between Saint George's Road and Lilac Street. The parish arose from the chapel at Ovenden Cross of 1863.
The Church was endowed by Jane, daughter of Rev Anthony Moss. Built by Benjamin Whitehead Jackson in 1868 [??]. It was consecrated on Saint George's Day, 1877.
Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
The vicarage was next to the Church to the north-west.
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included-
Rev Israel Parkinson [1892]
Rev Charles Lacy Hulbert [1911]
Rev J. H. Marshall [1911]
Rev Herbert James Raymer [1919]
M. A. C. Moor [1934]
Rev Harold Palmer [1944]
Rev Robert Martineau [1946-1952]
Rev N. Tidswell [19??]
Rev Shadrach Adeodu [19??]
Rev Billington [1960s]
Rev A. M. Earnshaw [1966]
In the 1960s, it is shown as Saint George's, Ovenden with Saint Peter's, Wheatley.
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP204): Baptisms [1877-1984], Banns [1904-1997], Marriages [1878-1975] and Burials [1878-1980].
See Saint George's Sunday School, Lee Mount
- Saint George's Church, Norwood Green
- Aka Norwood Green Mission Church. The foundation stone was laid on 1st June 1907. The church was dedicated by the Bishop of Wakefield and opened on 15th February 1908.
The church closed on 3rd November 2002 and the congregation moved to Saint John's at Coley.
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP38): Baptisms [1911-1989], Banns [1973-1990] and Marriages [1973-2002].
- Saint George's Church, Sowerby
- Haugh End Lane. Aka Quarry Hill Church. The project to build the church was supported by Rev W. H. Bull, G. B. Hadwen, Robert Stansfield – who gave the land, the Rawson family of Sowerby, and the Priestley family of White Windows – who gave the stone for the construction.
The Church was designed by Edward Walsh in a Norman style.
It was consecrated by the Bishop of Ripon on 27th October 1840.
Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
The parsonage and school room are attached to the Church.
It was reconstructed in 1930/1931, and a chancel screen, altar and pulpit were carved by Harry Percy Jackson.
In 1970, the 1880 font was moved here from Saint John the Divine, Thorpe.
A list of some of the Vicars of Saint George's, Sowerby is given in a separate Foldout
The church closed on 1st December 1989. It was declared redundant and sold in 1992.
An altar and reredos remembering those who died in World War I, was brought from ??.
In 2003, the building was converted into private apartments.
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP138): Baptisms [1840-1988], Banns [1892-1989], Marriages [1843-1989] and Burials [1842-1978].
See Saint George's School and Saint George's Church, Sowerby: Graveyard
- Saint George's Mission Church, Ovenden
- Nursery Lane.
Around 1853, Rev William Gillmor of Illingworth felt the need for a chapel at Ovenden Cross. At first, services were held in a barn, then a cottage, then a dissenting chapel. Around 1860, the Stocks family of Shibden gave land for a new chapel, This opened on 23rd November 1863. It accommodated 314 worshippers and was also used as a day school.
The parish of Saint George's Ovenden arose from this first chapel.
In 1877, when the new church opened, the Mission building was sold to the Catholic community
- Saint George's, Sowerby: Graveyard
- The graveyard for Saint George's Church, Sowerby
- Saint Helen's Church, Holywell Green
- Watson mentions a Roman Catholic chapel here.
Saint Elyn's Chapel, Stainland appears on a list of
Decayed Chapels for want of maintenance in the reign of Queen Elizabeth [the First]
The building was converted into a house. There was a stone in the wall which was known as The Cross.
See Saint Helen's Well, Holywell Green
- Saint Hilda's Church, Barkisland
- Opened in 18??
- Saint Hilda's Church, Halifax
- Gibraltar Road. Designed by Sutcliffe & Sutcliffe. On 14th August 1909, the first sod was cut on the site.
A. S. McCrea gave £300 for the building on 30th January 1911. The church was consecrated on 27th May 1911.
Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included-
Rev H. S. Footman [19??]
Rev R. Brittain [1914]
Rev Ernest Comer [1937]
Rev K. Arthur [1962]
Rev Kit Widdows [1985]
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP201): Baptisms [1903-1962], Banns [1911-1990] and Marriages [1911-1990].
- Saint Hilda's Mission Church, Halifax
- Built in 1898 to serve the King Cross area of Halifax.
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included-
Rev H. S. Footman [1905]
- Saint James & Saint Mary Church of England, Halifax
- Opened in 18??.
Question: Does anyone know whether this is the amalgamation of Saint James Church, Halifax with Saint Mary's Church, Rhodes Street?
The organ by Gray was opened on 5th March 1837. Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included-
Rev J. Scott [1948]
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP170): Baptisms [1953-1986], Banns [1952-1985] and Marriages [1957-1983].
- Saint James's Church, Halifax
- The Church started by Samuel Knight and completed by Charles Musgrave, who asked Anne Lister to sell a piece of land for the construction of a new church in the Cabbage Lane area of Halifax. The Church was consecrated on 22nd September 1831.
See Saint James & Saint Mary Church of England, Halifax, Saint James's Church Sunday School, Halifax, Saint James's Church, Halifax: Graveyard, Parish of Saint James, Halifax and Saint James's Infant School, Halifax
- Saint James's, Halifax: Graveyard
- The graveyard of Saint James's Church, Halifax.
When the Church and Burial Ground closed, 1587 remains were transferred and re-interred at Stoney Royd Cemetery [1961]
- Saint James, Halifax, Parish of
- The parish for Saint James's Church, Halifax was formed in 1843
- Saint James's Parish Church, Brighouse
- Saint James's Parsonage, Halifax
- North Parade. The Parsonage for Saint James's Church, Halifax stood immediately to the east.
In the 1960s, the building was used for some of the services provided by Halifax Corporation's Health Department - Baby Clinic, Mental Health Service, and Home Help Service – prior to the opening of The Laura Mitchell Clinic in October 1968.
Like the Church, the Parsonage has been demolished
- Saint James the Great Church, Hebden Bridge
- The church was designed by Pickersgill and Oates, and built under the Million Pound Act on land given by Rev J. A. Rhodes and his wife.
See Saint James the Great Church, Hebden Bridge: Graveyard, Sowden Chapel and Tin Mission, Mytholm
- Saint James the Great, Hebden Bridge: Graveyard
- The graveyard of Saint James the Great Church, Hebden Bridge
- Saint James's United Methodist Free Church, Luddenden
- High Street. Opened 7th March 1903. The building cost around £2000.
There is an organ by Conacher. Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
There is a roll of honour remembering those who served in World War I.
A roll of honour remembering those who served in World War I was brought here from Luddenden Dean Wesleyan Chapel.
A granite tablet remembering those who served in World War I was brought here from Luddenden Wesleyan Church.
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included-
Rev S. Chester [1896]
In 19??, the building was occupied by Midgley & Luddenden Methodist Church.
It closed in 200?.
It is due to be converted into housing
- Saint John's Church, Hebden Bridge
- The foundation stone was laid on 26th June 1929. The church opened on 6th May 1931. Those who gave money for the building included Mary Sowden.
The church became redundant in 1984 and is now private dwellings.
The pulpit and reredos were carved by Harry Percy Jackson. They were removed when the church closed, and are now in America.
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP67): Baptisms [1931-1981], Banns [1960-1982] and Marriages [1960-1980].
- Saint John's Church, Ovenden
- Built under the Million Pound Act. Designed by Charles Child.
Recorded in 1838 in the Alumni Cambrigienses (Part II 1752-1900) when Rev Edward Ramsden was appointed Perpetual Curate
Question: Does anyone know anything about the Church? Have I confused this with Saint John the Evangelist, Bradshaw?
- Saint John's Church, Stubbing
- Hebden Bridge.
On 13th April 1899, a Mission Room Licence is recorded authorising the performance of Divine Service in the Saint John's School Chapel Stubbings.
The Church was built in 1906. It accommodated a congregation of 350
- Saint John's Congregational Church, Todmorden
- Patmos. Recorded in 1868
- Saint John's, Halifax
- In early records, the name Saint John's usually refers to Halifax Parish Church, that is, Saint John the Baptist's Parish Church, Halifax
- Saint John in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale
- Aka Cragg Church, Marshaw Bridge Church.
The foundation for the Church was laid on 15th March 1813.
The Church was consecrated in 1817. It accommodated around 250 worshippers.
In 1838, White wrote that the chapel was ...
so indifferently built that its roof has once fallen in and is now supported by props
The present Church was built in 1839 at a cost of £2,130 part-funded by the Million Pound Act. Charles Child was involved in the construction.
The sandstone for the Church was quarried at Clattering Stones.
It accommodated around 800 worshippers.
The organ, by Wards of York [1821], was brought from Square Independent Chapel, Halifax. Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
The Brontë family often visited the Church.
Hinchliffe Hinchliffe and his family supported the Church. Mrs Hinchliffe gave a lectern. Mr Hinchliffe gave the organ costing £400 in memory of his 2 sons. He and his daughter, Helen, gave a chancel window in memory of Mrs Hinchliffe.
When the Church controlled the area, the vicar had the power to demand that people in the Cragg Vale Inn attend his Church services.
The Church was in the Parish of Halifax before becoming independent in 1844.
A figure of Christ – The Lord in Glory – was carved by Harry Percy Jackson, and two pairs of gates were carved by his son, Harry Percy Jackson.
Jimmy Savile, an acquaintance of Rev David Bennett, was made an honorary churchwarden here in 1967.
Graves of the Hinchliffe family are prominent in the churchyard.
Some of those who fell in World War I and World War II and are remembered on the War Memorial in the Church, are listed on the Foldout for the book Royd Regeneration.
A list of some of the Vicars of Saint John in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale is given in a separate Foldout
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP157): Baptisms [1815-1912], Marriages [1837-1987] and Burials [1815-1987].
See John Cockcroft's Charity, Cragg Vale Vicarage and David Wilcock
- Saint John in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale: Graveyard
- The graveyard of Saint John's Church, Cragg Vale
- Saint John's Methodist Church, Prescott Street
- Aka Saint John's Wesleyan Church.
When South Parade Methodist Chapel, Halifax was demolished to make way for the railway, it was replaced by a new church built at the junction of Prescott Street and Harrison Road, Halifax. The compensation from the railway company financed the building of this new church.
This Perpendicular Gothic church was designed by William Swinden Barber. The church opened on 1st October 1880.
A school building stood next to the church.
There was a large rose window in the church in memory of John Pritchard.
The pulpit of Caen stone was made by Thompsons of Peterborough.
The Church closed in 1965. It was demolished in September 1966.
Trinity Court flats stand on the site.
The congregation – together with those of three other Methodist churches – moved to Saint Andrew's Methodist Church, Huddersfield Road
- Saint John's Mission Church, Hebden Bridge
- Albert Street / Birchcliffe Road. In 1882, Rev George Sowden observed that a church was needed for the rapidly-growing Stubbings district in Hebden Bridge.
In August 1883, services were held in a room which had been acquired in Albert Street was used A site at Stubbings was purchased at a cost of £450 which was met by grants and bequests. On 21st May 1895, it was resolved that it was time for a building to be erected on the Stubbings site. Initial thoughts were to erect a temporary iron building, but it was felt that it would be better to acquire an adjoining piece of land and erect a stone building for use as a school and a chapel. This was opened on 4th April 1899, and cost about £2,000.
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included-
Rev Henry Saint John Carter [1905]
Rev Frank Braithwaite Greenwood [1911]
Rev Robert Henry Douglas [1914]
The building became Saint John's School
In her will of 1900, Mary Sowden bequeathed money for a church. On 26th June 1929, the foundation stone was laid by the Bishop of Wakefield. On 6th May 1931, the church was consecrated, the Bishop of Wakefield. The pulpit, the altar and the reredos were the work of Harry Percy Jackson.
The Church closed in the 1960s. It became a private house
- Saint John's Mission Church, Rastrick
- Built in 1893 and dedicated on 26th April 1893 as a mission church to serve the growing population – see Brick & Tile Company.
A new mission church was built in 1908.
In 1914, it was superseded by the church of Saint John, The Divine.
See Saint John's School, Rastrick
- Saint John the Baptist's Chantry Chapel, Elland
- The Chapel is on the south side of the Chancel at Elland Parish Church. It is a chantry chapel built by the Savile family in the 13th century.
This now houses the organ
- Saint John the Baptist, Coley
- The present Church was built in 1816-1818 to replace an earlier 16th century building.
See Coley Church Cricket Team, Coley Vicarage, Captain John Hodgson, John Northend, The Northowram Nonconformist Register, John Riley, Ryshworth's Chapel, Hipperholme, Saint John the Baptist, Coley: Graveyard, Saint Matthew's Mission Church, Coley and Watkinson Almshouses, Lightcliffe
- Saint John the Baptist, Coley: Graveyard
- There are burials in the churchyard around the Church of Saint John the Baptist, Coley.
In 18??, the burial were extended to ground beyond the east end of the Church.
The graveyard which stands in Coley Road, opposite the Church, dates from 1842
- Saint John the Baptist Eastern Orthodox Church, Boothtown
- Fern Street. Formerly Akroydon Wesleyan Methodist Church.
See Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Boothtown
- Saint John the Baptist, Halifax
- In early records, the name Saint John the Baptist usually refers to Halifax Parish Church, that is, Saint John the Baptist's Parish Church, Halifax
- Saint John the Baptist, Halifax: Graveyard
- The graveyard of Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist, Halifax.
The graveyard was closed to burials in the 19th century, although Catharine Grace Doherty Waterhouse was buried in the family vault in 1916.
See Halifax Parish Church: Railings
- Saint John the Baptist's Parish Church, Halifax
- Saint John the Divine, Rastrick
- The sod cutting ceremony for the Church took place on 5th April 1913. The foundation stone was laid on 4th October 1913. The Church was consecrated in 1914.
It superseded the earlier mission church.
The organ was brought here from a cinema in Harrogate. Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
Since 2006, the Vicar of Rastrick has had responsibility for both this Church and Saint Matthew's Church, Rastrick
A list of some of the Vicars of Saint John The Divine, Rastrick is given in a separate Foldout
- Saint John the Divine, Rishworth
- The congregation used the chapel at Rishworth School until a new church, designed by Walsh & Maddock, was built.
The sod cutting ceremony for the new Church took place on 2nd April 1927.
The foundation stone is inscribed
In the faith of Jesus Christ This Stone was set by J. R. H. Wheelwright Esq on the 28th day of May 1927
The Church was consecrated in 1928.
The east apple-and-pear window is a memorial to John Wheelwright.
Oak furnishings were carved by Harry Percy Jackson, and the Bishop's Chair by Jackson's son.
The lychgate was built in 1938.
See Godley, Saint John the Divine, Rishworth: Graveyard and Saint Matthew's Church, Rishworth
- Saint John the Divine, Rishworth: Graveyard
- The graveyard of Saint John the Divine, Rishworth
- Saint John the Divine, Thorpe
- Rochdale Road, Triangle. Built for Frederick Edward Rawson and designed by W. S. Barber for a congregation of 300. It cost £7,000. It was consecrated on 23rd September 1880, the year after Rawson's death.
It was one of the first churches to be constructed with reinforced concrete.
Mrs Rawson gave an endowment of £2,000 for the Vicar at the church. Until 1914, the appointment to the living was the gift of the Rawson family.
In 1882, schools for 200 children were built to the north of the church.
The altarpiece is of Caen stone. The cedar altar is the gift of Gerald Rawson. The windows – memorials to various members of the Rawson family – were by Heaton, Butler and Bayne of London.
The church and the windows were severely damaged by fire in 1917.
After raising about £5,000, the church was restored – by C. A. Nicholson – and reconsecrated on 17th June 1923.
In 1941, it was amalgamated with Saint Mary's, Cottonstones.
It closed with the final service on 9th June 1968.
The building was demolished in 1973. The font was moved to Saint George's Church, Sowerby.
Subsequent Ministers at the Chapel have included-
Rev E. Brierley [1892]
Rev J. H. Lomax [1886]
Rev Henry Saint John Carter [1915]
The Vicar lived at Saint John's Home, Triangle.
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP138): Baptisms [1880-1967] and Marriages [1887-1967].
- Saint John the Evangelist, Bradshaw
- Designed in 1838 by Charles Child and built for Elizabeth Wadsworth who lived at Holdsworth House with her brother, Rev John Wadsworth. Mrs Berry gave land for the Church. Elizabeth Wadsworth gave £700.
The Church opened in February 1839. It accommodated 350 worshippers.
The Church underwent complete repair in 1853.
Bradshaw War Memorial stands at the road junction in front of the Church.
The altar rails and inner doors were carved by Harry Percy Jackson.
In 1858, a Conacher organ was installed at a cost of £110.
The east window was erected in memory of the Rev Edward Ramsden by J. T. Ramsden, of Jumples House, in 1877. At the south-east end, there is a memorial window to William and Hannah Dean, of Scausby Hall, Illingworth, and others in memory of James Wilcock, of Bradshaw, and William Wilcock, of Leeds.
The organ is placed in the gallery at the west end.
Bradshaw Sunday School stands nearby.
The Church is mentioned in Graptolite's Stray Notes on Bradshaw.
See Bradshaw Vicarage, William Dean, James Heginbottom, Saint John's Church, Bradshaw: Graveyard and Stray Notes on Bradshaw
A list of some of the Vicars of Saint John The Evangelist, Bradshaw is given in a separate Foldout
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP207): Banns [1888-1989].
- Saint John the Evangelist, Bradshaw: Graveyard
- The graveyard for Saint John's Church, Bradshaw
- Saint John the Evangelist, Clifton
- Rev Thomas Atkinson of Hartshead proposed the construction of a chapel for the people of Clifton who would otherwise have to travel to the church at Hartshead.
See Clifton Burial Ground, Clifton Handbell Ringers, Zillah Ramsden, Saint John the Evangelist, Clifton: Graveyard and Joseph Taylor
- Saint John the Evangelist, Clifton: Graveyard
- In the 1920s, the graveyard for Saint John the Evangelist, Clifton was full.
A new burial ground was established next to the vicarage
- Saint John the Evangelist, Warley
- Windle Royd Lane. In 1856, a small wooden church was built near the top of the lane.
A new Gothic building was built lower down the hill. This was designed by W. S. Barber. It cost £4,000. It was consecrated in 1878. It could accommodate a congregation of 342.
Henry Charles McCrea was one of the founding fathers of the Church, and the family headed the subscription list with a donation of £1,000. Later gifts to the church included the organ and 3 stained glass windows commemorating members of the family. Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
The Sunday school stands in front of the church and was used as a day school between 1873 and 1926.
The vicarage was designed by C. F. L. Horsfall.
There is a memorial lamp remembering those who died in World War II.
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included-
Rev James Holmes Curate [for 17 years] and Vicar for 22 years [1878-1900]
Rev E. W. Easton [1908]
Rev C. H. Osler [1909]
Rev Hugh George Potter [1924]
Rev William Montgomerie Bell [1925]
Rev T. Grigg-Smith [1929]
Rev Thomas Horatio Whitehouse [1937]
Rev Frank Carless [1964-1978]
Churchwardens here have included
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Gilbert Deane [1593]
Richard Nicholson [16??]
John Alderson [1740]
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP54): Baptisms [1876-1985], Banns [1891-1991] and Marriages [1879-1995].
See John Holdsworth and Walter Ernest Holmes
- Saint John the Evangelist, West Vale
- The Church was founded by Rev John Marshall, Vicar of Greetland
- Saint John's Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Halifax
- Stafford Square.
See William Teal
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, Brighouse
- Martin Street.
A chapel opened in 1864.
The present building opened on 29th June 1879 and was used as a school during the week and a church on Sundays.
Priests at the Church have included-
Father Morgan [1882]
Father Francis Hunt [1940s]
Father Backhouse [1950s]
Father Knox [1950s]
Rev Cyril Earnshaw [1935]
During the Irish Riots of May 1882, a mob of Brighouse lads attacked the church. They smashed all the windows, but Father Morgan managed to remove all valuables, returning them when things had settled down.
In 1891, the new Church Hall was opened as an infants' school.
See Saint Joseph's School, Hove Edge
- Saint Joseph's Church, Sowerby Bridge
Recorded in 1922, when the unveiling ceremony of a memorial remembering those who died in World War I, was performed by Colonel Sir Edward Whitley and was reported in The Yorkshire Post
Question: Can anyone tell me anything about the church?
- Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Todmorden
- Wellington Road. Until 1860, when a priest came from Halifax to hear confessions at Knowlwood, Walsden, Catholics had travelled to Bacup or Rochdale for services and Mass.
In 1864, the local Catholics rented a room over an iron foundry in Salford, Todmorden, where the first Mass was taken locally.
In 1866, the group moved to the Oddfellows Hall in Todmorden.
In September 1868, they moved to rented premises in Back Ridge Street.
Although the Catholics wished to build their own church, they were forbidden to buy land, but when the group approached Lord Townley of Burnley, a Catholic, he commissioned a land agent to buy land on Ridge Street, Todmorden on behalf of the Todmorden Catholic congregation. Work began on a school and church in 1873 and the buildings were completed and opened on 1st January 1876.
By 1928, the church was too small for the congregation and was in a state of disrepair, and it was decided to build a new one. In April 1929, a new church opened on Wellington Road.
The old church was used as air raid shelter during World War II, and was then demolished to make way for the Todmorden Community College.
Saint Joseph's Primary School is attached to the church.
Priests at the Church have included-
Father Chronnell [1891]
Rev Michael Cahill [1905]
Rev Bruning [1907]
Rev Dootson [1908]
Very Rev Oswald M. Hagan [1935]
Rev Peregrine Baldwin [1935]
- Saint Jude's Church, Savile Park
- Halifax. Perpendicular building designed by W. S. Barber. The church was built 1889-1890 and consecrated in November 1890.
The Baldwin family – including J. & J. Baldwin – contributed to the cost of the building.
In 1910, John Herbert Lacy Baldwin and his sister, Mrs R. Whitworth, presented a stained glass window in memory of their father, John Baldwin.
The Vicarage was next to the Church.
Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
On 14th May 1915, the new clock was set in motion at the Church.
A memorial plaque for World War II was carved by Harry Percy Jackson [1948]
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included-
Rev Fenwick Fisher [1892]
Rev T. Collingwood Greenwood [Curate 1898]
Rev C. E. Dixon [1907, 1914]
Rev Basil Coleby Roberts [1911-1913]
Rev George Herbert Horton [1916]
Rev Edwin Scott [1930]
Rev Lewis Foster [1936]
Rev A. R. Blackledge [1950]
Rev D. E. Marrs [1956]
Rev J. A. A. Lodge [1966]
Rev D. R. G. Lockyer [1984]
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP242): Baptisms [1890-1961] and Banns [1891-1964].
- Saint Jude's Vicarage
- The Vicarage for Saint Jude's Church, Savile Park was next to the Church (near 127 Savile Park Road) [1905]
- Saint Luke's Church, Norland
- Anglican church. Rev John Ellison was instrumental in establishing the Church. On 12th July 1865, the corner stone was laid. On 13th July 1865, Mrs H. A. Norris laid the foundation stone for the Church.
The Church opened in April 1866 as a chapel of ease for Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.
The Church cost £900 to build.
The organ was built by W. Hawkins of Walsall. Details can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
On the night of Saturday, 17th February 1866, three weeks before the opening, vandals attempted to break into the Church and caused considerable damage to the main doors. A reward of £5 was offered for the apprehension of the culprits.
The infant son of Rev J. Ellison was the first person to be buried in the graveyard.
It became Norland Parish Church in 1877, when Rev Charles Livermore became the first Vicar.
The Vicarage stood in Sowerby Croft Lane.
Rev William Christopher Bell was said to have been heart-broken when the independent parish of Norland was discontinued and Saint Luke's Church amalgamated with Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge. He died shortly afterwards The 2 parishes amalgamated in 1923.
In Spring 2006, Saint Luke's reverted to being an independent ecclesiastical parish.
A list of some of the Vicars of Saint Luke's, Norland is given in a separate Foldout
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP93): Baptisms [1866-1995], Marriages [1880-1996] and Burials [1866-1987].
See Saint Luke's Church, Norland: Graveyard
- Saint Luke's, Norland: Graveyard
- The graveyard of Saint Luke's Church, Norland
- Saint Malachy's Catholic Church, Ovenden
- Saint Marie's Catholic Church, Gibbet Street
- See Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Halifax
- Saint Mark's Parish Church, Siddal
- Siddal Parish Church
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP192): Baptisms [1880-2007], Banns [1915-1973] and Marriages [1915-1988].
See Saint Mark's Parish Church, Siddal: Graveyard, Saint Mark's Vicarage and Siddal War Memorial
- Saint Mark's, Siddal: Graveyard
- The graveyard of Saint Mark's Parish Church, Siddal.
Siddal War Memorial stands in the grounds
- Saint Mark's Vicarage, Siddal
- Whitegate Road. This is the vicarage for Saint Mark's Parish Church, Siddal.
- Saint Martin's, Brighouse: Graveyard
- The graveyard of Saint Martin's Church, Brighouse.
In the 1860s, the burial ground was becoming overcrowded and, in 1869, there were many complaints of people being buried in the wrong grave. In 1871, land was bought for a new Brighouse Cemetery.
See Brighouse Parish Church: MIs and Brighouse Parish Church: Graves
- Saint Martin's Parish Church, Brighouse
- Saint Martin's Parsonage, Brighouse
- Aka Brook House. The parsonage of Parish Church of Saint Martin, Brighouse was built in 1840. It was extended shortly afterwards.
It ceased to be the vicarage in 19??.
It was a nursing home for elderly residents. In 2003, it closed – a victim of draconian legislation which closed many nursing homes throughout Britain.
In 2004, it was converted into 3 private dwellings
- Saint Mary's Church, Cottonstones
- Anglican church in the parish of Sowerby.
Aka Saint Mary's, Mill Bank.
The church was built with money left by Ellen Hadwen in her will of 1842. In 1845, her only surviving sister, Eliza, laid the foundation stone – with a time capsule containing Victorian coins. The church was named in memory of their sister Mary and their mother.
The cost was around £2,100. The church opened on 8th May 1848 and was supported by the Hadwen family.
The parish was created in 1848.
On 13th December 1914, a new organ was installed.
In 1941, the church was amalgamated with Saint John's Church, Thorpe.
After World War II, the church used reparations for bomb damage – caused when a V1 doodlebug fell at Little Toothill Farm, Sowerby on 24th December 1944 - to repoint the church tower.
In 1950, a memorial window to Eric Platt was unveiled.
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included-
Rev Thomas Ridley [1848]
Rev George Depledge Curate [1861]
Rev William Edward Chapman [1874]
Rev C. H. Barton [1891]
Rev William Purvis [1896]
Rev G. L. Barber [1936]
Rev John Firth [1941]
Rev Martine Crabtree [2006]
A social centre opened in a part of the Church.
Both Saint Mary's Church and Saint Peter's Church, Sowerby are now in the same parish.
The graveyard at the church is open and in use.
The church is used for Eucharist every Sunday, for baptisms, weddings and funerals, and for special services on Palm Sunday, Christmas and Harvest. The children from Saint Mary's Primary School at Mill Bank also worship at the Church.
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP138): Baptisms [1848-1984], Marriages [1848-1983] and Burials [1848-1953].
See Saint Mary's Vicarage, Cottonstones
- Saint Mary's Church, Halifax
- The Anglican church stood at the corner of Lister Lane and Rhodes Street, Halifax.
It was designed by Mallinson & Barber.
It was the gift of Michael Stocks of Upper Shibden Hall, in memory of his wife and their son Michael. The cost of the construction was about £10,000.
It was consecrated on 4th July 1870 by the Bishop of Ripon
It accommodated 800 worshippers [1881].
The organ was built by William Hill.
Incumbents and Curates at the Church have included-
Rev Richard Judd [1870]
Rev James Moore [1874, 1881]
Rev H. G. Hird [1892]
Rev Alfred Whorlow [Deacon – 1892]
Rev J. Willis Price [1907]
Rev A. E. J. B. Barrow [1912]
T. J. Walker [1904]
Rev W. L. Shepherd [1933]
The congregation amalgamated with Saint James's Church, Halifax – becoming Saint Mary's & Saint James's – in 1952.
The church closed in 1986 and became redundant. The building was bought by Strafford Properties who stripped out the fittings and then allowed the building to deteriorate until it was demolished in 2000.
Unbelievably, the Evening Courier of 21st February 2000 said
In a bid to limit damage to the church, the interior had been stripped and all the roof tiles put in storage
There is now housing on the site.
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Wakefield (Collection WDP170): Baptisms [1870-1953] and Marriages [1871-1957].
See Saint James & Saint Mary Church of England, Halifax, Saint Mary's School, Halifax, Saint Mary's Vicarage, Halifax and Parish of Saint Mary's, Halifax
- Saint Mary's Church, Sowerby
- Saint Mary's Church, Wyke
- Opened in 18??
The records for the Church are held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service office in Bradford (Collection BDP101): Baptisms [1844-1960/1961-1998], Banns [1921-1988], Marriages [1847-1988] and Burials [1847-1982].
- Saint Mary's, Cottonstones: Graveyard
- The graveyard of Saint Mary's Church, Cottonstones
- Saint Mary Magdalene Church, Outlane
- Aka Outlane Parish Church. Built 1911. The church was not made a parish church because it was also used as a community meeting room. Consecrated 25th January 2004 The church was in the Longwood parish of Huddersfield until 1978 when the M62 was built. It then fell within the Stainland parish which will now become the parish of Stainland and Outlane
- Saint Mary's Parish Church, Todmorden
- Burnley Road. This was the first chapel in the Todmorden district.
See All Saints' Church, Harley Wood, William Greenwood, Jeremy Hauworth, Josiah Lord, Saint Mary's Graveyard, Todmorden and Todmorden Burial Ground
- Saint Mary's Preaching Room, Todmorden
- Opened in 18??. It reopened on 20th September 1868. Rev James Whalley preached his first sermon
- Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Halifax
- Aka Saint Marie's Roman Catholic Church. 35 Gibbet Street / Clarence Street.
Between 1830 and 1837, Catholics had worshipped at the Assembly Rooms in Woolshops and in Harrison Road – see Rev Joseph W. Fairclough and Rev Thomas Keily.
Irish immigration brought an increasing number of Catholics to the district, and Saint Mary's was built to serve the growing Catholic population in Halifax.
The foundation stone was laid in 1836. The Church opened in 1839
It accommodated 460 people.
Local papers described it as a
Popish Mass House
This was the first Roman Catholic church to be built in Halifax since Henry VIII and the Reformation. F. A. Leyland gave a font, stained glass windows and a screen to the Church.
Because no Roman Catholic church could be consecrated until it was permanent and free from debt, the Church was only consecrated on 28th July 1934.
In October 1863, it was badly damaged by a storm.
It was restored by general subscription [1868].
It accommodated 700 worshippers.
Services were also conducted at Saint Joseph's School Room, Godley Bridge and Assembly Rooms, Halifax.
Details of the organ in the Church can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.
In 1846, Saint Mary's school was built.
Priests at the Church have included